CO129-518-3 Proposals to hold periodical conferences between principal British authorities in China- and the government in... 13-8-1929 - 31-12-1929 — Page 27

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and Nanking at least once, and probably more often

than once, in every year. From either of these

places a visit to Hong Kong is comparatively easy;

and, even if you and your Secretary are not obliged

to visit the Yangtze, I still think that, as a

matter of routine, & visit to Hong Kong once a year

is a matter of the utmost importance to British

interests.

The winter is, of course, the best time

for such a visit and, if you came in the winter, the

aduiral and the General would certainly be here as

well, while a visit by the Chinese Secretaries of

the Straits and Malaya could doubtless be timed to

coincide with your own. I beg you very earnestly to

give this matter your most careful and sympathetic

consideration, for where there is a will there is a

way, and, as I am sure that you have the will, I do

not doubt that the way can be found.

Yours very sincerely,

(sd) C. Clemento

Sir Miles Lampson, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O.,

His Majesty's Minister,

PEKING.

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